2-disc NOSFERATU '22 set coming

[Baradagi]

"Now it's back for a Eureka re-release as a 2-disc set under the Masters of Cinema label, presenting the film in its definitive restoration, complete with original intertitles and accompanied by the score that played with the film at the time of its initial release.

The special features on this upcoming release will include:

2 x DVD special edition of the 2007 F.W. Murnau-Stiftung restoration with the original score;
Full-length audio commentary by Brad Stevens and R. Dixon Smith;
A 96-page book containing articles by David Skal (author of Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen); Thomas Elsaesser (author of Weimar Cinema and After: Germany's Historical Imaginary); Gilberto Perez (author of The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium); Enno Patalas (former director of the Münchner Stadtmuseum/Filmmuseum, where he was responsible for the restoration of many German classics, including Nosferatu); a newly translated archival piece on vampires by the film's producer Albin Grau; notes on the film's restoration; and archival imagery;
53-minute German documentary about Murnau and the making of NOSFERATU complete with fascinating footage of the film's locations today;
Restoration demonstration;
More extras to be announced.
This 2 DVD set will be released in the UK by Eureka on 19th November 2007 at the RRP of £22.65."

[MouthForWar]

NICE

[Phil Moskowitz]

[Deathless]